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Project 2025 had impacted Black life in a myriad of ways, including the professional career journeys of Blacks in technology fields. Credit: Unsplash/Nubelson Fernandes

2025 Politics and Black Representation in Tech: A Deep Dive

The presence of Black people in tech jobs has increased between 2005 and 2025, but they remain substantially underrepresented in the industry. This stagnation in increasing the number of Black professionals in tech is blamed on multiple factors, including a lack of access to computer science education and retention problems within companies.

And according to Black techies, the political policies and climate of 2025 have only made things worse.

Impact of 2025 Politics

Idaho Edokpayi, who works in Denver as a Solution Architect, showed a level of caution in his response that spoke volumes about the current political climate.

Idaho Edokpayi describes the job search climate for Black techieā€™s as ā€œnot great.ā€ Credit: Aswad Walker.

ā€œI have to be careful what I say just because of the climate, the environment, whatever,ā€ said Edokpayi. ā€œBut itā€™s not been great. I mean, if I were speaking for myself, I might speak differently.ā€

George Gourdine, a senior sales leader in cloud technology based in the DC area, was a bit more forthcoming.

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